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  1. #41
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    "Your people destroyed Prince Straiphen. They took his Blood. They ransacked his sanctuary. He was a paragon for us! An example to follow!" The Brood reiterated, dumbly, by rote, like a record.

    Her head snapped to Longstreet's jibe. Whether because of the mounting pressure or because of the subtle work the Haunt had been putting into the interrogation from the start, she focussed on him. Her eyes didn't blaze so much as smoulder and her lips peeled back as her fangs fell.

    "You really think you can take us, Haunt? Your people only succeeded because the ritual didn't work as we were promised and you took us by surprise. In a stand up fight you'd all be toast! Cowards! Go on! I dare you! Go to the Old Maitland Junkyard! See how you fare against us there if you think you got the claws for it. Dirge lives in the sewers beneath your feet and you don't even know it! I have no idea what those Mercy Seat fucks are doing but they are worming their way into North Sacramento!"

    Up in the warehouse proper, the sounds of the vehicles grew steadily closer. Those with heightened hearing could make the sounds out now: faint but growing louder and louder.

    The Brood was, apparently, oblivious, shaking her chains.

    "So now what you gonna do, huh? We got you sealed up on the south and the north. Gregor to his Brood and went into Roseville. We will hear of their victory soon enough! We are squeezing you out and you don't even know it! You may have taken out Ascendant and the ritual crap was a failure but thats okay! We have a Therion coming!"

    The words flowed. Longstreet's work setting up the interrogation was paying off. And everyone else was playing their part.

    Julia of the Brood was laughing now.
    Last edited by Yumyumcrow; Apr 28th, 2017 at 06:10 PM.  Reason for Edit: quick clarification

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  3. #42
    Alessandra's Avatar
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    Blood Potency(+1)
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    (Gabriel)
    First thing you will notice about Ale is the abundance of her tattoos. They go from her face all the way to her feet, and not much is left bare. The second thing? Her strong Italian accent.

    Known as Sofia De Luca

    Gabriel, Ghoul
    Cain, Hell Hound
    Alessandra Scenes
     -2 Vitae for Blush of Life and Drink, 
     
     

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    God, this was getting old.

    “Who the fuck is Straiphen and why the fuck should I care?” eyes narrowing at her, “Know why I shouldn’t care? Cause whoever he is, he’s obvious dust. Though I suppose you could sweep him up put him in some Tupperware and worship that.” A shrug was added. Whoever the guy was, he was not the Prince of the Domain when she arrived, therefore he didn’t matter to her.

    Now came a heartfelt laugh, “We succeeded because you are weak and got your asses kicked. Ritual or not, and you will lose again. And really? Dare us? What the hell is this, grade school? You don’t get to tell us where to go. We will eradicate each,” she steps closer, “and every last one of you. Your kind is not welcome within the Domain. Cause you’ve already shown us your hand, and we know a lot more than you think.” They knew about Dirge, and they had an ace up their sleeve. Though now she wished they had acted upon it before coming here. But, it was what it was. Well, they had some places now, though how much of a head start did the Brood have? They didn’t have the manpower to check each place, they had to be smart about this.

    And what the fuck was a Therion?! They didn’t have time for this,

    “Well, clearly it doesn’t matter what happens to Josephine. Which is fine with me, she had no real use anyways.” Another shrug.

    The sound of the cars approaching presented a new problem. Were these Kine approaching, or Brood? If it was Brood, how many?

    “I think it’s time to put this one back to sleep and discuss a few things. Or we could ash her, again, she is of no use, talks too much for her own good.” Her right gun was upholstered, a finger turns off the safety.
    Alessandra Antinori │BP 6│Strong Italian Accent

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  5. #43
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    Robert Cross

    Nosferatu | Lancea Sanctum


    Nosferatu Curse: Cross has obviously been badly burned in the past with visible scars to prove it, and is that a faint smell of burnt hair and skin?

    -1
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    Cross is frozen in place. One scarred hand gripping the lank hair of the lifeless corpse once known as Josephine Sterling. The other holding his knife to her throat. His whole body seems balanced on that edge. His attention as well. Everything depends on what comes next.

    Longstreet keeps working Fur Coat, to some success. The Burned Man's phone vibrates in his pocket. Cross waits, unmoving.

    And the Brood Bitch continues to spout information. Babbling about Straiphen. Another name mentioned by the former Shadow Priscus. About other locations where her idiot kin have gone to ground. Cross attends to it in a kind of trance state. Absorbing the information, impassive, without reaction.

    He can't help but wonder how much of this makes sense to his co-interrogators. Especially the Reeve. But now's not the time to analyze what they've learned. As far as Cross is concerned, all that's left to do is tie this off.

    So, when Alessandra asks what they should do with their captives, Cross answers, matter-of-fact, dispassionate: "I say ash them both." It just makes sense. At this point, their 'guests' are nothing more than dead weight.

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  7. #44
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    Robert Longstreet

    It seems the interrogation was over. What they did here was clearly paying off, and the Brood was spouting names and places like a sprinkler. She doesn't look like she could or would share anything more, however. Not because she was probably low-rank, and not because she was insane.

    It was because the Reeve got tired of her shit and indended to show it, describing what they will do to the Brood once they find them. Longstreet couldn't agree more, although he had to admit that these names carried no faces or facts with them. Neither Straiphen nor Dirge were mentioned at the last Court. He will have to ask them later about what this could mean. For the time being, however, they had the two problems of deciding their captives' fate and dealing with whoever was that in those vehicles. Longstreet pulled out his revolver, measuring its weight for the thousandth time.

    "What can I say, the world is not a fair place. Luck is a scarce commodity, and it seems yours has just ran out." Even if what the Fur Coat said was true, she couldn't hold exploiting a tactical opportunity against them.

    He shrugged at the question on what to do with them.

    Turning to Ale, he commented.
    "I don't care either way. You wanna do the honors and put them out of their misery, boss?"

    After this is resolved, he gestures to the exit and says that "We should look into this racket outside, grab Alice on our way out and make ourselves scarce."

  8. #45
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    "Ash me? You don't have the balls!" The Brood mocked, laughter spewing from her lips. A desperate laughter, pushing the edge of sanity. Defiance. A last challenge.

    This one was not willing to go into the dark meekly, even is she was chained and suspended from the floor.

  9. #46
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    Acolyte and Valkyrja of the Circle of the Crone
    Danger Sense ●
    Status; City ●●●, Clan ●●, Cov ●●

    Lyssa Wolfe. Ghoul

    Curse

    Past her Albinism, Alice is naught but a doll, beautiful in her impossible perfection. Taking on a inescapable sheen of artifice, both movements and manner seem, hollow and fake. She's nothing but a marionette, limbs jerking and twisting as if pulled by invisible strings.

    Marring her unnatural beauty are her eyes, or the lack of them, vacant pits of visceral horror.
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    The Blind Doll in the bushes wanted to frown at the yelling going on in the warehouse.

    Soon all those words would need to turn into actions. Especially as the car kept coming closer...
    Health: | Willpower: | Vitae: | Mimetismo 1: Certain Sounds Active

  10. #47
    Alessandra's Avatar
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    (Gabriel)
    First thing you will notice about Ale is the abundance of her tattoos. They go from her face all the way to her feet, and not much is left bare. The second thing? Her strong Italian accent.

    Known as Sofia De Luca

    Gabriel, Ghoul
    Cain, Hell Hound
    Alessandra Scenes
     -2 Vitae for Blush of Life and Drink, 
     
     

    +1
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    And the masses speak, and decisions are made.

    "Ash Josephine."
    she says to Robert, eyes not leaving the Brood.

    Nodding to the other Robert, "I agree." they needed to regroup, the sooner the better.

    A cruel smile spreads across her lips, "Oh honey, you don't need to challenge me to ash you. Your fate was sealed when we brought you here. You simply outlived your usefulness." this woman had been part of the group that caused Emma's Final Death, she knew she would ash her at some point.

    She wills her blood into her fingers at that point. Knowing a bullet in the head wouldn't ash her, but her Claws could. Long, grotesque claws extended from finger tips of her left hand and she will move to take the Broods head off.

    Not sure if Ale needs to make a roll or not, but her intent is to remove her head with her claws
    Alessandra Antinori │BP 6│Strong Italian Accent

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  12. #48
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    Robert Cross

    Nosferatu | Lancea Sanctum


    Nosferatu Curse: Cross has obviously been badly burned in the past with visible scars to prove it, and is that a faint smell of burnt hair and skin?

    (+3 to Dice Pool for Killing Blow)Willpower 1 Spent
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    At the Reeve's order, Cross sets about his task. Focusing completely on one thing: separating the head from Josephine's desiccated body, using his knife and his supernaturally enhanced strength.

    It is a gruesome business, but necessary. Yes, necessary. Sterling had betrayed the Domain.

    At least that's what Cross repeats to himself as he works, silent and grim.

    Cross is performing a killing blow on Sterling, attempting to sever her head:
    Strength3 + Weaponry2 + Knife1 + Vigor3 + WP3 = 12 Lethal.
    Just let me know if I've got anything wrong here!

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  14. #49
    Alessandra's Avatar
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    First thing you will notice about Ale is the abundance of her tattoos. They go from her face all the way to her feet, and not much is left bare. The second thing? Her strong Italian accent.

    Known as Sofia De Luca

    Gabriel, Ghoul
    Cain, Hell Hound
    Alessandra Scenes
     -2 Vitae for Blush of Life and Drink, 
     
     

    (-1 Vitae for Claws of the Wild)Vitae 1 Spent
    +1
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    4
    PRE

    Forgot to add Vitae Spedning
    Alessandra Antinori │BP 6│Strong Italian Accent

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  16. #50
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    Robert Longstreet

    A side note


    Whoa, that was one bloody mess. He's seen the claws work before, but never quite this close and... grisly. Seemed a tad overkill to rip her head off like that, but hey, he wasn't going to judge. It was probably a personal issue as much as a professional one. The knife's work by Cross only adds to the gore, and there is a lot of blood and unliving tissue around when they are done.

    "Okay, great work people. Now for the vanishing act. I think we can clean up later, after we deal with those poor souls outside."

    He gestures with one hand, the one with the gun in it, towards the exit and soon gives an example, leaving the basement. Mindful of the intruders outside, he bends his knees ever so slightly to stand that much surer on the ground and tries to stick to the walls or other solid obstacles that'd prevent him from being seen before he sees. If at all possible he avoids the windows.

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